Angels over the Tigers. Excellent pitching matchup between Verlander and weaver. Weaver has been dominant against the Tigers in his career while Verlander has struggled. Furthermore, Verlander is not nearly the same pitcher away from Comerica Park. Did I just mush the Angels? Probably but Im taking em anyway. Also taking the Blue Jays and Halladay -130 againt the Rays. The Rays have done well against the Jays and have a much better record when Neimann pitches than the Jays do with Halladay. That being said, with odds like this, the discipline says take the Jays.

Big day for Sports Birthdays. While some might view Cal Ripken or Reggie Miller as the highlights, I choose to go in another direction. Happy 53rd Birthday to "Gentleman" Gerry Cooney. While Cooney is most known for his epic 13th round loss to Larry Holmes in 1982, it was Gerry's out of the ring life that caught most of the headlines. The white lady and booze demonized this heavyweight and during the late 1970's at Studio 54 Gerry "accidentally" hit on a tranny. It takes a man to admit his mistakes and an even bigger man to actually allow these mistakes to make it to the newswires.